Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
Και απεκρίθη Βιλδάδ ο Σαυχίτης και είπεν·
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
Έως πότε θέλεις λαλεί ταύτα; και οι λόγοι του στόματός σου θέλουσιν είσθαι ως άνεμος σφοδρός;
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
Μήπως ο Θεός ανατρέπει την κρίσιν; ή ο Παντοδύναμος ανατρέπει το δίκαιον;
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
Εάν οι υιοί σου ημάρτησαν εις αυτόν, παρέδωκεν αυτούς εις την χείρα της ανομίας αυτών.
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
Εάν συ ήθελες ζητήσει τον Θεόν πρωΐ, και ήθελες δεηθή του Παντοδυνάμου·
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
εάν ήσο καθαρός και ευθύς, βεβαίως τώρα ήθελεν εγερθή διά σε, και ήθελεν ευτυχεί η κατοικία της δικαιοσύνης σου.
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
Και αν η αρχή σου ήτο μικρά, τα ύστερά σου όμως ήθελον μεγαλυνθή σφόδρα.
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
Επειδή ερώτησον, παρακαλώ, περί των προτέρων γενεών, και ερεύνησον ακριβώς περί των πατέρων αυτών·
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
διότι ημείς είμεθα χθεσινοί, και δεν εξεύρομεν ουδέν, επειδή αι ημέραι ημών επί της γης είναι σκιά·
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
δεν θέλουσι σε διδάξει αυτοί, και σοι ειπεί και προφέρει λόγους εκ της καρδίας αυτών;
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
Θάλλει ο πάπυρος άνευ πηλού; αυξάνει ο σχοίνος άνευ ύδατος;
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
Ενώ είναι έτι πράσινος και αθέριστος, ξηραίνεται προ παντός χόρτου.
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
Ούτως είναι αι οδοί πάντων των λησμονούντων τον Θεόν· και η ελπίς του υποκριτού θέλει χαθή·
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
η ελπίς αυτού θέλει κοπή, και το θάρρος αυτού θέλει είσθαι ιστός αράχνης.
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
Θέλει επιστηριχθή επί την οικίαν αυτού, πλην αυτή δεν θέλει σταθή· θέλει κρατήσει αυτήν, πλην δεν θέλει ανορθωθή.
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
Είναι χλωρός έμπροσθεν του ηλίου, και ο κλάδος αυτού απλόνεται εις τον κήπον αυτού.
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
Αι ρίζαι αυτού περιπλέκονται εις τον σωρόν των λίθων, και εκλέγει τον πετρώδη τόπον.
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
Εάν εξαλειφθή από του τόπου αυτού, τότε θέλει αρνηθή αυτόν, λέγων, Δεν σε είδον.
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
Ιδού, αύτη είναι η χαρά της οδού αυτού, και εκ του χώματος άλλοι θέλουσι αναβλαστήσει.
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
Ιδού, ο Θεός δεν θέλει απορρίψει τον άμεμπτον, ουδέ θέλει πιάσει την χείρα των κακοποιών·
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
εωσού γεμίση το στόμα σου από γέλωτος, και τα χείλη σου αλαλαγμού.
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
Οι μισούντές σε θέλουσιν ενδυθή αισχύνην· και η κατοικία των ασεβών δεν θέλει υπάρχει.
